Emerald hack: OriginWizard's Magic Emerald

[OriginWizard]

Welcome back to Hoenn!
This hack was started for me and my friends but some others have since become interested and so I figured I'd start publicly updating it.
Several new locations, new trainers, more challenges and plenty of post-game content will hopefully keep you entertained for a few more hours in the Hoenn region!

General list of what I want:

• Every pokemon from gen 1-3 catchable.
• Battle trainers from other regions.
• Take on a new challenge at the Pokepark Theme park.
• Increased difficulty to spice up gameplay.
• Less grinding.
• Every event location accessible.
• EV Training location.

Version 0.1:

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I'm still working on rustboro but I've added new buildings and a second gym in a similar style to the dojo in R/B/Y, no badge but they will help you train.

Lilycove now has a gym and some new events including a cave system and a special building which houses the police department, they may be looking for bounty hunters and pay well.

Lilycove has a vast underground water system that smugglers have used for hundreds of years.

A new area which houses an EV training tower, Steven wants to train up a new breed of super trainers so be sure to pop in and visit.

Pacifidlog town is often ignored, you can beat the game without ever visiting it and few Rom Hacks us it, so I gave it a special dungeon that houses some extremely powerful pokemon.

Slateport has a new attraction in town! A brand new store opened up, calling itself the "Nintendo" store, it has some new, classic and three very rare decorative items for your secret base!

And the aforementioned biggest project of all, the Pokrpark! My take on the battlefrontier. It is loosely based on the Pokemon theme park from 2005, using a similar shape from the drawn maps handed out.

At the Pokepark you will be able to get one of each event pokemon distributed from the real pokeparks (I have all the pokemon, just need to find a way of adding them in)
There's also a special tournament where you'll be going up against previous real world champions and their pokemon teams during their year as champion.

You can now access event locations without neeting to hack the game.

RED is currently in the game, all his pokemon are level 100 with the best AI the game has to offer.

Some other things of note:

• Towns now have grass and wild pokemon, the pokemon you find will often be from Kanto or Johto as they feel safer in the towns.
• The game is slightly harder, not a kaizo but the gyms have 6 pokemon and the elite four start at level 80.
• Red, Blue, Green and Steven exist in the post-game and all have level 100 pokemon.
• Self inserts of myself and my friends will be added, I will be using a slightly modified version of the team I took to the nationals back in the day. My friends have yet to pick their teams. I have no shame, this was meant for me at the beginning so why not!
• Feebas now spawns a little more frequently because his spawn conditions were stupid.
• Fossil pokemon can now be caught or bought but are either very rare or very expensive (There's a 1% chance of finding one in lilycove)

Version 0.2:

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A few small updates!

• Eve, the girlfriend of a champion from a far away region will judge your battling skills. Defeat her and you'll start a side quest to find and defeat this new champion.

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• Petalburg is getting a makeover, it's supposed to be a city but has dirt roads. That always felt a little weird to me so I've bumped it up to have paved roads and a new building all about city development.

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• Littleroot has had an extentsion, it's no longer just you and the OG rival, there's now 2 more rivals who will show up throughout the game and a building shrouded in mystery, having been here since before littleroot town got it's name. It's been abandoned for decades.

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• Oldale town has started development on expanding the town, in doing so they cut down a few tress and accidentally found a rare breeding ground for pokemon. Now you can catch starter pokemon here.

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• Secret bases have been sprinkled around new and old locations, some of which have residents! For those like myself who miss mixing records and checking out friends secret bases, now NPCs have them!
  If you would like to have your secret base in the rom then take a screenshot and post it here! I'll add as many as I can, with a trainer that has your name and 3 pokemon of your choice!

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• Hidden in a secret base there's a trainer who has a team of all Blissey to help with power-levelling post-game.

Version 0.3:

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The Pokepark is now on the map! It's a small island just off the coast of Hoenn. The map screen also updates to show you're there.

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The Mart at the Pokepark is now operational! And they sell some rare stuff from the Kanto region.

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A building in the Pokepark is giving away event pokemon! All you need to do is walk in and talk to the greeter, she will explain how you can claim your event items.

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The items can be found on the counters in front of the screens.

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Once you have your ticket just step on through one of the doors available and you'll be able to gain direct access to the pokemon! If you prefer to do it the old fashioned way then you can still take your items to the sailor in lilycove to sail there like you would originally.

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These locations now have areas on the map as well.

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The only one I'm having trouble with is the EON ticket event as you aren't supposed to have access until after you've selected Latias/Latios as the roaming pokemon after you defeat the champion. This could cause problems.

Version 0.4

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Update time!

So as it turns out, adding brand new secret bases is actually incredibly difficult! But after pulling an all-nighter I finally figured out a system!
Here's a new secret base with a volunteer test subject.

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I also did some more map work, I added some greenery to Rustboro as I continue to try and make that town look nice.

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I finished the post-game tower location near Pacifidlog town. I won't spoil what's at the top. All wild pokemon found here are fully evolved and between level 50-70 as you climb the tower.

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The interior to the new building in petalburg.

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The second gym in Rustboro now has trainers and a leader, if you defeat the leader he'll give you his prized pokemon. This is an omage to R/B/Y so you can probably guess what pokemon you get.

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Some other updates without screenshots:

• One of the new rivals has been implemented. Kelly, moved to littleroot recently and started her journey a few days before you did. She starts off with a Psyduck and gathers pokemon as you progress.
• Pokemon once required to evolve through trade can now be caught in post-game areas.
• 90% of Kanto pokemon have been added. Still need to make legendary encounters for mewtwo and the legendary birds.
• around 60% of Johto pokemon have been added. Slowly going through the list.
• All region exclusive pokemon from Ruby/Sapphire have been added back to the locations where they were found in Ruby/Sapphire.
• More trainers have been added.
• Many, many, MANY bug fixes... I swear everything I add breaks something else.
• Prep has begun on making a patch for public playtesting.

Version 0.5 (Public alpha release)

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• Hex editing! Wow it's like trying to translate hieroglyphs when you aren't well versed in it! But I was having trouble with some of the maps, even when I set them as outdoors you couldn't run, so I used a hex editor to remove the indoor/outdoor check, allowing the player to run anywhere... Which works for me anyway since you should be able to run indoors lol
• Also as a minor addition you can now delete HMs without needing a move deleter.
• I'm also making some fun additions outside of the Rom, just something to do if I feel a little burned out or want to do something other than modding. Specialised credits for all those involved and have characters in the Rom! I'm using the E-Cards you could get back in the day as a base for everyones new secret base!

This is the only card I have from back then

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I have turned it into a base to make custom ones!

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And example of a finished custom design:

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Any I make are free to use as you see fit, put them on your signature, modify them, anything really, afterall I only modified an already made design.

DOWNLOADABLE?!
That's right! I think I have ironed out enough problems to put this up as an alpha0.05. I have removed, blocked off or noted anything that may effect gameplay. Which means some new locations have been temporarily blocked off until they decide to behave.
In complience with guidlines I will link to a patch.
Please let me know of any bugs you find as this is still very,very early in development! Some quests go nowhere, balancing isn't a thing yet, some things won't trigger and basically it's not very immersive right now.

Version 0.6

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• 3 new trainers have been added.
• All of the gyms have been modified to make them more challenging.
• Post-game tournament has been started, current plan is to make it similar to B2/W2s world tournament with gym leaders, champions and characters of interest entering the tournament. This will take quite a while to finish though.
• 4 new secret bases have been added into the game.
• Multiple small maps like misc houses have been added.
• New legendary encounter has been started, the maps been made but the scripting hasn't been started yet.
• Started expanding routes to make them less linear.
• I've started planning a Mt.Battle style event, similar to pokemon colosseum. Prizes will be legendary pokemon. Much like the actual Mt.Battle in pokemon colosseum if you beat 100 trainers in a row you will get a Ho-oh. Haven't fully designed this yet but the idea is there.
• I'm trying to find a way of implementing event pokemon, I haven't been able to find any tutorials on this so I may have to figure it out on my own. I need to be able to set a pokemons OT name and Stats. I don't actually know if it's even possible, or how I could make guaranteed shinies for other events (Red gyarados in G/S/C for example)
• 3rd rival is in their first draft, I'm thinking a fossil maniac who only uses fossil pokemon.
• Pokemon tower has been temporarily removed as it was causing a lot of problems with connecting maps. I need to resize it or relocate it.

Version 0.7

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• Mt.Battle can now be accessed.
• Every battle is a double battle.
• Rival May/Brendan have had their teams modified for extra difficulty to match the gyms (May somehow beating a gym that has level 50 pokemon with her level 31 grovyle didn't make sense)
• Wally has a new team.
• In celebration for the opening of the new Pokepark, a special pokemon is being given away at the tent in slateport.
• A new legendary encounter has been added.
• A shiny legendary encounter has been added.
• The 2nd gym in Rustboro has been closed until further notice.
• "Shiny Trainers" have been added to the game.
• New secret bases have been added.
  
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• More pokemon have been added.
• Baby pokemon can now be encountered in littleroot town but only if the player uses sweet scent (Thank you NikolaP for the idea)
• 1 of 3 Legendary Dogs have been added.
• Altering cave has been activated. All unreleased mystery gift pokemon lie inside.
  
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• Berry Juice can now be obtained in the game.
• You can now get both the Acro bike and Mach bike.

Version 0.9

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New Trainers:
Joe - based on university lecturers with team theme of "development"
Alan - based on university lecturers with team theme of "Precision"
John - based on university lecturers with team theme of "Art"
Baby Doll - Baby pokemon team
Flare - Fire types only
Wheat - grass types
Mound - ground/rock types
Gregg - High difficulty pokemon

New building - Champions Rest. Battle pokemon champions at their strongest.
Seviper building now has an interior.
New cave interior.
New resting area.
Removed Gym in PokePark.
Added trainers to GTS building.
Small redesigns to PokePark.

If you would like to have your character in the rom then fill out one or more of these forms, I will also include a new form for secret bases:

Secret base form.

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Trainer name:
Double or single battle:
your 3 pokemon for single, 4 pokemon for double:
Their levels:
Their moves:
Secret base location:

Training facility form.

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Trainer name:
Your team (all legendaries, from 1 to 6 pokemon):
Their levels:
Trainer difficulty (0-255):
Moves will be randomised.

GTS form.

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Trainer name:
Pokemon offered:
Pokemon asking for:

I want to include the community more in what I make, makes it more fun when people get their characters in the game.

Various in-game screenshots:

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Download?
Current alpha patch can be found here

HOW TO PATCH:
1) Obtain a ROM of Pokemon Emerald.
2) Download Lunar IPS if you're on Windows, MultiPatch if you're on Mac.
3) Apply Pokemon - Magic Emerald Version.ips to the ROM.

Known bugs:

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Dojo in rustboro sometimes just doesn't work right. Allowing you to take the pokemon without fighting the master who is stuck in his lose state.
Some legendary encounters loop infinitely.
Some secret base locations share the same room.

Credits:
Coding, mapping, general rom hacking @ me
Trainer E-Cards @ me
Following trainer E-Cards are of real people that have secret bases in the Rom, think of it as artistic credits.

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[OriginWizard]

A few small updates!

• Eve, the girlfriend of a champion from a far away region will judge your battling skills. Defeat her and you'll start a side quest to find and defeat this new champion.

Spoiler:

• Petalburg is getting a makeover, it's supposed to be a city but has dirt roads. That always felt a little weird to me so I've bumped it up to have paved roads and a new building all about city development.

Spoiler:

• Littleroot has had an extentsion, it's no longer just you and the OG rival, there's now 2 more rivals who will show up throughout the game and a building shrouded in mystery, having been here since before littleroot town got it's name. It's been abandoned for decades.

Spoiler:

• Oldale town has started development on expanding the town, in doing so they cut down a few tress and accidentally found a rare breeding ground for pokemon. Now you can catch starter pokemon here.

Spoiler:

• Secret bases have been sprinkled around new and old locations, some of which have residents! For those like myself who miss mixing records and checking out friends secret bases, now NPCs have them!
  If you would like to have your secret base in the rom then take a screenshot and post it here! I'll add as many as I can, with a trainer that has your name and 3 pokemon of your choice!

Spoiler:

• Hidden in a secret base there's a trainer who has a team of all Blissey to help with power-levelling post-game.

 

[Akiak]

This looks really cool!

Does the Pokepark replace the Battle Frontier or are they both accessible? And are there any modifications to Pokemon stats or learnsets?

Also... no download link?

Oh and is this a decomp hack or binary?

Edit: love the secret base NPCs!!

 

[OriginWizard]

Thanks for checking this out!
The pokepark and the battle frontier are separate, the pokepark can be accessed earlier in the game so if the player wishes they can get event pokemon before the elite 4.
No download link yet no, I'm still ironing out bugs and want to release a stable version even if it is only a version 0.1. A downloadable version should be coming soon though! I'll include that in the first post, thank you for bringing that up.
I'm not well versed in romhack terms but I believe this would count as a binary. Using tools such as Advance trainer, a map editor, and PKSV for scripting.

 

[OriginWizard]

Tonights updates!

The Pokepark is now on the map! It's a small island just off the coast of Hoenn. The map screen also updates to show you're there.

Spoiler:

A building in the Pokepark is giving away event pokemon! All you need to do is walk in and talk to the greeter, she will explain how you can claim your event items.

Spoiler:

The items can be found on the counters in front of the screens.

Spoiler:

Once you have your ticket just step on through one of the doors available and you'll be able to gain direct access to the pokemon! If you prefer to do it the old fashioned way then you can still take your items to the sailor in lilycove to sail there like you would originally.

Spoiler:

These locations now have areas on the map as well.

Spoiler:

The only one I'm having trouble with is the EON ticket event as you aren't supposed to have access until after you've selected Latias/Latios as the roaming pokemon after you defeat the champion. This could cause problems.

EDIT:

Would you like to have your character and pokemon team in the rom? I'm continuing to expand on the secret bases and need trainers to fill these bases!
You can design your own base and post a screenshot which I will recreate in the rom, or simply tell me your characters name and 3 favourite pokemon from gen 1-3 and I'll make you a trainer!

 

[OriginWizard]

Update time!

So as it turns out, adding brand new secret bases is actually incredibly difficult! But after pulling an all-nighter I finally figured out a system!
Here's a new secret base with a volunteer test subject.

Spoiler:

I also did some more map work, I added some greenery to Rustboro as I continue to try and make that town look nice.

Spoiler:

I finished the post-game tower location near Pacifidlog town. I won't spoil what's at the top. All wild pokemon found here are fully evolved and between level 50-70 as you climb the tower.

Spoiler:

The interior to the new building in petalburg.

Spoiler:

The second gym in Rustboro now has trainers and a leader, if you defeat the leader he'll give you his prized pokemon. This is an omage to R/B/Y so you can probably guess what pokemon you get.

Spoiler:

Some other updates without screenshots:

• One of the new rivals has been implemented. Kelly, moved to littleroot recently and started her journey a few days before you did. She starts off with a Psyduck and gathers pokemon as you progress.
• Pokemon once required to evolve through trade can now be caught in post-game areas.
• 90% of Kanto pokemon have been added. Still need to make legendary encounters for mewtwo and the legendary birds.
• around 60% of Johto pokemon have been added. Slowly going through the list.
• All region exclusive pokemon from Ruby/Sapphire have been added back to the locations where they were found in Ruby/Sapphire.
• More trainers have been added.
• Many, many, MANY bug fixes... I swear everything I add breaks something else.
• Prep has begun on making a patch for public playtesting.

 

[bulbasaur99]

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Would you like to have your character and pokemon team in the rom? I'm continuing to expand on the secret bases and need trainers to fill these bases!
You can design your own base and post a screenshot which I will recreate in the rom, or simply tell me your characters name and 3 favourite pokemon from gen 1-3 and I'll make you a trainer!

Actually, I want that. I can be Cooltrainer/Ace Trainer Burak. You know the trainer with green hair. The classification doesn't matter that much. My top 3 picks for the pokemon are Venusaur, Ninetales and Raichu. But if you want to diversify the team you can replace the latter two with Masquerain, Togetic or Quagsire.

By the way, it is a great idea to ask others to base trainers in the game. I really loved that. Also, the game looks and sounds incredible. I am so impatient to play it.

 

[OriginWizard]

Actually, I want that. I can be Cooltrainer/Ace Trainer Burak. You know the trainer with green hair. The classification doesn't matter that much. My top 3 picks for the pokemon are Venusaur, Ninetales and Raichu. But if you want to diversify the team you can replace the latter two with Masquerain, Togetic or Quagsire.

By the way, it is a great idea to ask others to base trainers in the game. I really loved that. Also, the game looks and sounds incredible. I am so impatient to play it.

Thank you! I wanted to include more people in the making of the Rom, instead of it just being random trainers I just figured having real people have their teams in the game would be fun! Almost like an offline MMO hahaha!
Oh and that team is fine with me! Would you like custom levels for the pokemon and a specific route you'd like to have your base on?

 

[OriginWizard]

• Hex editing! Wow it's like trying to translate hieroglyphs when you aren't well versed in it! But I was having trouble with some of the maps, even when I set them as outdoors you couldn't run, so I used a hex editor to remove the indoor/outdoor check, allowing the player to run anywhere... Which works for me anyway since you should be able to run indoors lol
• Also as a minor addition you can now delete HMs without needing a move deleter.
• I'm also making some fun additions outside of the Rom, just something to do if I feel a little burned out or want to do something other than modding. Specialised credits for all those involved and have characters in the Rom! I'm using the E-Cards you could get back in the day as a base for everyones new secret base!

This is the only card I have from back then

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I have turned it into a base to make custom ones!

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And example of a finished custom design:

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Any I make are free to use as you see fit, put them on your signature, modify them, anything really, afterall I only modified an already made design.

DOWNLOADABLE?!
That's right! I think I have ironed out enough problems to put this up as an alpha0.05. I have removed, blocked off or noted anything that may effect gameplay. Which means some new locations have been temporarily blocked off until they decide to behave.
In complience with guidlines I will link to a patch.
Please let me know of any bugs you find as this is still very,very early in development! Some quests go nowhere, balancing isn't a thing yet, some things won't trigger and basically it's not very immersive right now.

 

[bulbasaur99]

Thank you! I wanted to include more people in the making of the Rom, instead of it just being random trainers I just figured having real people have their teams in the game would be fun! Almost like an offline MMO hahaha!
Oh and that team is fine with me! Would you like custom levels for the pokemon and a specific route you'd like to have your base on?

It doesn't matter to me at all. You can adjust levels according to your plans and assign a route that is empty right now. I really wanna thank you for doing such a thing. I mean I'll be in a pokemon game thanks to you. That's awesome. Much appreciated.

I'm not a tester or anything but I'll be playing the game when you release it. Right now the patch you uploaded seems to be deleted. When I click the link it says the file is deleted.

 

[0maewam0ushindeiru]

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Would you like to have your character and pokemon team in the rom? I'm continuing to expand on the secret bases and need trainers to fill these bases!
You can design your own base and post a screenshot which I will recreate in the rom, or simply tell me your characters name and 3 favourite pokemon from gen 1-3 and I'll make you a trainer!

I wouldnt mind that myself.

My name is Austin, and my preferred Trainer class is Dragon Tamer (this is about to make sense quickly). My favorite Pokemon from Gen 1-3 are Dragonite, Kingdra, and Flygon in Generation order.

 

[OriginWizard]

It doesn't matter to me at all. You can adjust levels according to your plans and assign a route that is empty right now. I really wanna thank you for doing such a thing. I mean I'll be in a pokemon game thanks to you. That's awesome. Much appreciated.

I'm not a tester or anything but I'll be playing the game when you release it. Right now the patch you uploaded seems to be deleted. When I click the link it says the file is deleted.

That's fine with me! And yes that is odd about the uploaded patch... I'll need to use a different file hosting site it seems.
I've moved it over to Github! The link should work now. Link

I wouldnt mind that myself.

My name is Austin, and my preferred Trainer class is Dragon Tamer (this is about to make sense quickly). My favorite Pokemon from Gen 1-3 are Dragonite, Kingdra, and Flygon in Generation order.

Excellent! I'll add you to the list of trainers to add! Do you have a level preference? Or a route you'd like to have your base at?

 

[0maewam0ushindeiru]

Excellent! I'll add you to the list of trainers to add! Do you have a level preference? Or a route you'd like to have your base at?

Dragonite - Level 75
Kingdra - Level 77
Flygon - Level 80

Route - Route 120, I would prefer the one north of the Scorched Slab specifically

 

[OriginWizard]

Dragonite - Level 75
Kingdra - Level 77
Flygon - Level 80

Route - Route 120, I would prefer the one north of the Scorched Slab specifically

I can do that! Do you mean this cave?

 

[0maewam0ushindeiru]

I can do that! Do you mean this cave?

Yeah, decorations are up to you since really I tend to use different decorations each time.

 

[OriginWizard]

Yeah, decorations are up to you since really I tend to use different decorations each time.

Okie dokie! I'll get that done as soon as I have the others done!

Wow 666 views! Hope that's not bad luck lol

 

[OriginWizard]

Small updates today as I wanted a day off from coding, I've been working on this rom every day for a little over 2 weeks now so I figured a small break was in order.

• 3 new trainers have been added.
• All of the gyms have been modified to make them more challenging.
• Post-game tournament has been started, current plan is to make it similar to B2/W2s world tournament with gym leaders, champions and characters of interest entering the tournament. This will take quite a while to finish though.
• 4 new secret bases have been added into the game.
• Multiple small maps like misc houses have been added.
• New legendary encounter has been started, the maps been made but the scripting hasn't been started yet.
• Started expanding routes to make them less linear.
• I've started planning a Mt.Battle style event, similar to pokemon colosseum. Prizes will be legendary pokemon. Much like the actual Mt.Battle in pokemon colosseum if you beat 100 trainers in a row you will get a Ho-oh. Haven't fully designed this yet but the idea is there.
• I'm trying to find a way of implementing event pokemon, I haven't been able to find any tutorials on this so I may have to figure it out on my own. I need to be able to set a pokemons OT name and Stats. I don't actually know if it's even possible, or how I could make guaranteed shinies for other events (Red gyarados in G/S/C for example)
• 3rd rival is in their first draft, I'm thinking a fossil maniac who only uses fossil pokemon.
• Pokemon tower has been temporarily removed as it was causing a lot of problems with connecting maps. I need to resize it or relocate it.

On a side note I'm looking for veterans of the series who may have some insight in previous events and games, I want to try and mix ideas from previous and future generations (Like the Mt.Battle and World Tournament which were from other games) My inbox is always open so please feel free to throw ideas at me! I can't promise I can make them work but I'm always after some inspiration and I love talking about Pokemon!

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

Since you're intending to make Ho-Oh the prize for defeating 100 trainers in a row at Mt. Battle, what about Navel Rock? Maybe you can put Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres there?

 

[OriginWizard]

Since you're intending to make Ho-Oh the prize for defeating 100 trainers in a row at Mt. Battle, what about Navel Rock? Maybe you can put Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres there?

I completely overlooked Navel rock, Ho-oh is there... Hm, I could move the bird trio there, or maybe change the Mt.Battle prizes to be one of the birds. Maybe 50 = Articuno 75 = Zapdos 100 = Moltres? I didn't want to mess with the original event locations to keep them "pure" so that would be a good way around that.

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

You could also make Celebi the prize for 100 Mt. Battle wins.